Unchahar

Unchahar
Town
Map of Unchahar CD block
Unchahar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°54′N 81°18′E / 25.900°N 81.300°E / 25.900; 81.300
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Lucknow
District	Raebareli
Government
• Type	Nagar Panchayat
• Body	Tehsil
• MLA	Manoj Kumar Panday [1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	11,033
• Density	6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-33
Sex ratio	51/49 ♂/♀
Literacy	57%
Distance from Lucknow	115 kilometres (71 mi)
Distance from Allahabad	85 kilometres (53 mi)
Distance from Ganges	7 kilometres (4.3 mi)

Unchahar is a town and nagar panchayat in Raebareli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[2] It serves as the headquarters of a tehsil as well as a community development block.^[2] It is located on Lucknow Allahabad Highway, 115 km from Lucknow, 85 km from Allahabad. The place is well connected by rail and roads to nearby cities of Kanpur, Lucknow, and Allahabad. Unchahar is also a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly (183 Unchahar Vidhan Sabha).

Unchahar changed dramatically after the work done by former Member of Legislative Assembly, Har Narayan Singh. Some of his work include the establishment of the well known Feroze Gandhi Thermal Power Station of the National Thermal Power Corporation, which now has an installed capacity of 1050 MW and the launching of the daily train "Unchahar Express" connecting Allahabad with Chandigarh.

Basic public amenities are not so good despite the NTPC power plant, electricity supply is poor,^{[citation needed]} although it is an important landmark in Raibareli.^{[clarification needed]}